In real life, you care about other people, but at the end of the day you're like, "I'm acting upon whatever it is that I want or need."

Robert Altman made that movie Kansas City about the jazz scene in the city, and we saw that band all together, and that was an amazing show. That's what I got into. I like jazz.

You get to have some bigger comedic moments with some very real dramatic stuff. All that in one makes for a fulfilling artistic job.

In high school, I went to a place called the Mountain School. It's on a farm in Vermont, and I read Emerson and Thoreau and ran around the woods. Now I go hiking with a bunch of my comedy buddies. We talk about our emotions. I also do a lot of writing on hikes, just to get the blood flowing and the ideas moving.

It was easier to know a character's point of view than it was to figure out what your point of view was.

My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny.

When you're playing something, hopefully, if you're doing your best, you're advocating for your character and you're not trying to think too much.